S13 Ep67: The Tour de France Dress Rehearsal

Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they review the Critérium du Dauphiné and ask whether it was a full dress rehearsal for the Tour de France.

Get ready to check-in for another block of pre-Tour preparation at The Cycling Podcast’s ‘Attitude Camp’.

With Eddy Merckx about to celebrate his 80th birthday, Tadej Pogačar equalled The GOAT's tally of Dauphiné victories (one) and reminded everyone, including Jonas Vingegaard, he remains the number one favourite for next month's Tour de France. But what else did we learn from the Dauphiné?

Brian Nygaard is on hand to remind us that although it wasn’t a winning week for Vingegaard, the Dane and his Visma-Lease A Bike team need not press the panic button just yet.

We ask Rod Ellingworth of Bahrain Victorious about Lenny Martinez’s stage victory on the final day, as the long wait for a French Tour champion approaches 40 years.

And we make a quick visit to Coorevits Corner to find out what Hugo made of Remco Evenepoel’s Dauphiné.

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